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Ma'rch 20, 1934.

T. J. I Ewls 1,951.831

PACKAGE Filed June 5, 1931 patented Mar. 20, 1934 Unirse' STATES PATENTOFF Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in cartons for use in packagingmaterials contained in collapsible tubes. Tooth paste and similarsubstances are generally put up at the present time in collapsibletubes, and these tubes are sold in boxes having folding flaps which formthe top oi the box. Such a package makes it inconvenient to reach orstore the tube, and for this reason, purchasers usually discard thecarton at the time of first using the contents of the tube.

One of the salient objects of the invention is to provide an improvedpackage which is not only attractive for display purposes, but in whichthe tube forms a drawer within the carton, the top of the tube beingprovided with a guide member which cooperates with the body of thecarton and forms a top for the latter. The novel features of theinvention enable the ready removal of the tube from the box, or thespeedy return of the tube to the box, and provides means forconveniently holding the tube While a per-son is travelling.

With the foregoing objects outlined and with other objects in View whichwill appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in thenovel features hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, and more particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the drawing,

Fig. .i is a perspective View of the improved package in closedposition.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the top or guide member of the package.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View of the package.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. l, but showing the tube partiallywithdrawn from the body of the carton.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing, 6 designates an ordinary collapsible tubehaving a neck 'l closed by a removable cap 3. The bottom of the tube ispermanently closed by the usual metal strip 9 which in the presentinstance is of a length substantially equal to the distance between diagonally opposite corners of the liner 10 of the body 11 of the carton.This liner, as well as the body of the carton, is made of relativelystipasteboard, and acts to reinforce the carton, and the upper edge of theliner forms an endless shoulder 12 arranged within the body of thecarton a short distance below the upper edge of the latter.

Due to the fact that the strip 9 is of about the same length as thedistance between diagonally opposite corners of the interior of the box,as best .shown in Fig. 5, it will be recognized that when (Cl. ZDB-46)the tube is introduced into the box, the strip 9 will act as a guide,and in accordance with the present invention, a removable guide memberor tcp 14 is placed on the cap 8, as shown. This member 14 is preferablyformed of a relatively 60 stiff piece of cardboard of the same shape asthe cross sectional interior of the body oi the carton, but it is cutaway or notched at 15 to be slipped beneath the flange 16 of the cap.The side walls 17 of the notch are spaced apart a distance slight- 65 lyless than the diameter of the skirt 13 of the cap, so that the top 14frictionally grasps the skirt 18 when the member 14 is placed on thecap, as shown in Fig. 4.

As the border of 'the member 14 is of the saine 70 dimensions as theinterior of the upper portion 19 of the carton, it will be understoodthat when the member 14 is introduced into the upper end of the body ofthe carton, its edges will frictionally engage the inner surfaces of theportion 19 75 and will come to rest on the shoulder 12. Consequently,the frictional engagement between the edges of the guide 14 and theinner surfaces of the walls of the carton, as well as the contactbetween the parts 1,7 and 18, will cause the tube 6 80 to remain inposition in the body 0i the carton, even though the latter is roughlyhandled.

When, however, it is desired to remove the tube, the operator simplygrasps the flange 16 of the cap with one hand, while holding the cartonin the other hand, and then, when he pulls in opn posite directions, themember 14 will come out `or" the carton with the tube, as will be clearfrom Fig. 4.

From the foregoing it is believed that the con- 904 struction andadvantages of the invention may be readily understood, and it ismanifest that changes may be made in the details disclosed, withoutdeparting iro-rn the spirit of the invention, as expressed in theclaims.

What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, iixedly connected side walls and a bottom forming acarton having an open top, a tube slidably mounted in the carton, and aguide member detachably connected to one end of the tube andfrictionaily engaging the inner surfaces of side walls of the carton tofrictionm ally hoid the tube within the carton, the carton having aninternal shoulder on which the guide member rests and past which thetube slides in removing the tube through the open top of the carton.

2. In combination, fixedly connected side walls and a bottom forming acarton having an open top, a tube slidable vertically in the carton, anda guide member detachably connected to one end. of the tube andfrictionally engaging inner surfaces of side walls of the carton tofrictionally hold the tube Within the carton, the opposite end of thetube being provided with a strip forming a guide member, and the cartonbeing stiff and square in horizontal cross section, with the distancebetween diagonally opposite corners substantially equal to the length ofsaid strip, whereby the latter acts as a guide for the tube when thelatter is introduced into the carton through the open top of the latter.

3. In combination, a stiff carton substantially square in horizontalcross section and having an open top and provided below its upper edgewith an internal shoulder, a collapsible tube arranged to slidevertically within the carton and having a contracted capped upper end,and a substanstantially square guide member having a notch frictionallyengaging the capped end of the tube and having its edges frictionallyengaging the inner surfaces of the carton and resting on said shoulder.

4. In combination, a stiff carton of manufactured fibrous sheetmaterial, square in horizontal section, having a closed bottom and anopen upper end, an internal shoulder within the carton below the upperedge of the latter, a collapsible tube slidable vertically in saidcarton and having a removable cap at its upper end and a guide Strip atits lower end, the guide strip being of a length substantially equal tothe distance between diagonally opposite corners of the carton, and asquare guide member provided with a notch which frictionally engages thecap of the tube, the edges of the guide member frictionally engaging theinner surfaces of the walls of the carton and resting on said shoulder.

5. In combination, a carton having xedly connected side walls and anopen top, a tube slidably mounted in the carton and adapted to bewithdrawn through the open top, and a substantially flat relativelystiff guide member detachably connected to the upper end of the tube,positioned perpendicularly to the long axis of the tube and having itsouter edges frictionally engaging the inner surfaces of the side wallsof the carton and frictionally holding the tube within the carton, saidguide member being removable with the tube When the latter is withdrawnfrom the carton.

THOMAS J LEWIS.

